Im no John Veasey Fan but say what you want about him, the dude was tough. He fought off two guys during a hit on him. He also murdered people for Stanfa and when he flipped he almost single handledly took down that faction with his testimony. They say he was one of the better rats to testify because of how forthright he was. Its messed up that Billy got killed and wasn't really even involved with the life and grew up with Merlino.